You Can't Copy Anybody And

I Don't Think I'm Singing. I Feel Like I'm Playing A Horn...what Comes Out Is What I Feel.

People Don't Understand The Kind Of Fight It Takes To Record What You Want To Record The Way You Want To Record It.

If I Don't Have Friends, Then I Ain't Nothing.

I Think I Copied My Style From Louis Armstrong. Because I Used To Like The Big Volume And The Big Sound That Bessie Smith Got When She Sang ... So I Liked The Feeling That Louis Got And I Wanted The Big Volume That Bessie Smith Got. But I Found That It Didn't Work With Me, Because I Didn't Have A Big Voice. So Anyway Between The Two Of Them I Sorta Got Billie Holiday.

New Orleans Is The Only City In The World You Go In To Buy A Pair Of Nylon Stockings They Want To Know Your Head Size.